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Not to hammer on my own agenda, but I do think this is an important point to raise:
"...although neither Apple nor those close to Jobs were willing to discuss the treatments he elected or the course of his disease, interviews with experts on neuroendocrine tumors suggest that some of the choices he made did not extend his life, and may have shortened it."
"There is virtually no debate about the best treatment. “It has long been held that surgery can lead to very long-term survival,” says Kim. In a 2010 analysis of cancer registries, he and colleagues found that patients with neuroendocrine cancer who were eligible for surgery (the cancer has not spread beyond the pancreas) “can have outstanding outcomes,” living for many more years."
And the really important part:
"Despite the expert consensus on the value of surgery, Jobs did not elect it right away. He reportedly spent nine months on “alternative therapies,” including what Fortune called “a special diet”."
Jobs's Unorthodox Treatment | Story | POWERWALL
I can't help but think than earlier treatment might have made a difference. 9 months seems like a long friggen time.
"...although neither Apple nor those close to Jobs were willing to discuss the treatments he elected or the course of his disease, interviews with experts on neuroendocrine tumors suggest that some of the choices he made did not extend his life, and may have shortened it."
"There is virtually no debate about the best treatment. “It has long been held that surgery can lead to very long-term survival,” says Kim. In a 2010 analysis of cancer registries, he and colleagues found that patients with neuroendocrine cancer who were eligible for surgery (the cancer has not spread beyond the pancreas) “can have outstanding outcomes,” living for many more years."
And the really important part:
"Despite the expert consensus on the value of surgery, Jobs did not elect it right away. He reportedly spent nine months on “alternative therapies,” including what Fortune called “a special diet”."
Jobs's Unorthodox Treatment | Story | POWERWALL
I can't help but think than earlier treatment might have made a difference. 9 months seems like a long friggen time.
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